What was extra special in 2014? The nominees for The Deskthority Award 2014 are:
Cindy of Electronics Plus: For Rescuing a Ton of Classic Keyboards • Cindy burst onto the scene this year. It didn't take long for her exploits in keyboard recycling rescues to become legend. Remarkably, she's learning on the job about all the arcane differences between the boards that mean so much to us. If there's an endangered classic out there, Cindy's hunting it down. And we hope she gets there before it's crushed!
Matt3o: for his projects and group buys • The forum's busiest robot, matt3o forged ahead with another remarkable year. Armed with his own CNC machine, his projects are shifting up a gear. And he showed the keyboarding world precisely how a group buy should be done, starting from the comprehensive interest check and ending in some of the best caps of this, or any, year.
HaaTa: Relic Hunter Extraordinaire • There's collectors, who live to stock their stash, and then there's HaaTa. He doesn't just fill his shelves, he gets down and dirty and dissects these rarities, so the rest of us can have a look! He's the Smithsonian of the keyboard world, with more than just a hint of Doc Brown…
Xwhatsit: for his controllers and software • More than thirty years ago, IBM made some of the best keyboards of all time. Then for more than thirty years, nobody could use them. Xwhatsit is the man who changed all that. His replacement controllers for beamsprings and Model Fs have brought dozens of the greats back to daily life. And his configuration software's better than he'll have you think!
And the golden Wingnut for The Deskthority Award 2014, as voted for by the members of deskthority, goes to...
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